CONSTRUCTION is expected to start any day now on a new Sheraton resort in Pattaya. The property is on a sloping piece of land adjacent to the Royal Wing of the Royal Cliff and is tucked in behind the Pattaya Exhibition and Conference Hall.

To be called the Sheraton Resort, Pattaya, it will feature a main building and a combination of two- and three-story buildings leading down to a secluded piece of private beachfront. It will be a boutique hotel with no more than 150 rooms, and is expected to open at the end of 2004.

Starwood executives in Bangkok declined to comment on the project, but a reliable local source said Starwood executives were in Pattaya with the owners on Thursday last week (May 22).